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- Tags: RAF Fiskerton
Time out for war
Tags: 1 Group; 12 Squadron; 3 Group; 50 Squadron; 576 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bombing of the Boulogne E-boats (15/16 June 1944); bombing of the Le Havre E-boat pens (14/15 June 1944); Bombing of Trossy St Maximin (3 August 1944); Cook’s tour; coping mechanism; crewing up; Distinguished Flying Cross; faith; Gee; H2S; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; Master Bomber; military living conditions; military service conditions; mine laying; navigator; Nissen hut; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Dodge (1945); Pathfinders; RAF Chedburgh; RAF Fiskerton; RAF Halfpenny Green; RAF Hemswell; RAF Lindholme; RAF Methwold; RAF Sturgate; RAF Torquay; RAF Waddington; RAF Wickenby; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; target indicator; training; V-1; V-2; V-weapon; Wellington
Transcript of interview with Allan Edgar
Tags: 1 Group; 49 Squadron; 83 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bomb aimer; bombing; Bombing of Mailly-le-Camp (3/4 May 1944); crash; crewing up; Distinguished Flying Cross; flight engineer; Fw 190; ground personnel; He 111; heavy conversion unit; Hurricane; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; Lincoln; mess; navigator; operational training unit; pilot; RAF Fiskerton; RAF Silverstone; RAF Syerston; RAF Turweston; RAF Winthorpe; RAF Wittering; RAF Woodbridge; Spitfire; Stirling; target indicator; training; Wellington; wireless operator / air gunner; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
Operation Manna route
Interview with Roy Briggs
Tags: air sea rescue; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945); Cook’s tour; demobilisation; Goodwill tour of the United States (1946); Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); RAF Fiskerton; RAF Hixon; RAF Llandwrog; RAF Swinderby; RAF Upwood; wireless operator
Interview with Thomas James Page
Tags: 44 Squadron; 49 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); fitter airframe; flight engineer; flight mechanic; ground crew; heavy conversion unit; Hurricane; Lancaster; Lincoln; Manchester; military service conditions; mine laying; RAF Dunholme Lodge; RAF Fiskerton; RAF St Athan; sport; training; Window
Interview with Ronald Mather
Tags: 49 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); Lancaster; Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy; perception of bombing war; Proctor; RAF Bishops Court; RAF Fiskerton; RAF Fulbeck; RAF Husbands Bosworth; RAF Syerston; RAF Winthorpe; RAF Yatesbury; Stirling; training; wireless operator
Interview with Harry Parkins. One
Interview with Sidney James Richards
Harry Parkins' flight engineer log book
Tags: 148 Squadron; 199 Squadron; 50 Squadron; 576 Squadron; 630 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945); bombing of the Juvisy, Noisy-le-Sec and Le Bourget railways (18/19 April 1944); bombing of the Pas de Calais V-1 sites (24/25 June 1944); Bombing of Trossy St Maximin (3 August 1944); C-47; flight engineer; heavy conversion unit; Ju 88; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; Lincoln; mid-air collision; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); RAF East Kirkby; RAF Fiskerton; RAF Hemswell; RAF Scampton; RAF Shawbury; RAF Stradishall; RAF Sturgate; RAF Syerston; RAF Upwood; RAF Waddington; RAF Wigsley; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; V-3; V-weapon
Roy Briggs' flying log book for navigators, air bombers, air gunners and flight engineers
Tags: 138 Squadron; 156 Squadron; 35 Squadron; 576 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945); Cook’s tour; Dominie; heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); operational training unit; Proctor; RAF Balderton; RAF Bridgnorth; RAF Bruntingthorpe; RAF Catterick; RAF Cranwell; RAF Fiskerton; RAF Graveley; RAF Hixon; RAF Llandwrog; RAF Madley; RAF Seighford; RAF Swinderby; RAF Tuddenham; RAF Upwood; RAF Warboys; RAF Wyton; RAF Yatesbury; Stirling; training; Wellington; wireless operator
Leonard Dorricott's observer's and air gunner's flying log book
Tags: 460 Squadron; 576 Squadron; 61 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); Commodore; Cook’s tour; Halifax; Harrow; heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; mine laying; navigator; Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); operational training unit; Oxford; RAF Binbrook; RAF Bottesford; RAF Breighton; RAF Fiskerton; RAF Halfpenny Green; RAF Lindholme; RAF Swinderby; RAF Tilstock; training; Whitley
Jeff Brown's flying log book for navigators, air bombers, air gunners, flight engineers
F Dray’s flying log book for navigators, air bombers, air gunners, flight engineers
Tags: 576 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945); Halifax; heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; operational training unit; RAF Bishops Court; RAF Fiskerton; RAF Hemswell; RAF Hixon; RAF Ingham; RAF Sandtoft; training; Wellington
William H Cooke’s navigators, air bombers and air gunners flying log book
Tags: 49 Squadron; 99 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; B-24; bombing of Luftwaffe night-fighter airfields (15 August 1944); Bombing of Trossy St Maximin (3 August 1944); heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); operational training unit; radar; RAF Bishops Court; RAF Fiskerton; RAF Fulbeck; RAF Syerston; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Winthorpe; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; Wellington
Thomas Page's navigator’s, air bomber’s and air gunner’s log book
J Vasey’s pilot’s log book
J D Harris’s observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 106 Squadron; 49 Squadron; 97 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bombing; Bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); C-47; H2S; heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; Manchester; navigator; Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Exodus (1945); operational training unit; Oxford; RAF Coningsby; RAF Fiskerton; RAF Oakley; RAF Syerston; RAF Wigsley; RAF Winthorpe; Stirling; training; Wellington
A K Witty’s observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 12 Squadron; 50 Squadron; 576 Squadron; air sea rescue; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; bombing; bombing of the Boulogne E-boats (15/16 June 1944); bombing of the Le Havre E-boat pens (14/15 June 1944); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); Bombing of Trossy St Maximin (3 August 1944); Cook’s tour; Gee; H2S; Halifax; heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; Lincoln; mine laying; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Dodge (1945); operational training unit; RAF Chedburgh; RAF Fiskerton; RAF Halfpenny Green; RAF Hemswell; RAF Lindholme; RAF Sturgate; RAF Waddington; RAF Wickenby; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; V-1; V-2; V-weapon; Wellington
Stan Hawes' Logbook
A E Travell’s observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Letter from Harold Gorton to his wife
Letter from Harold Gorton to his wife
Letter from Harold Gorton to his wife
Letter from Harold Gorton to his wife
Tags: aircrew; home front; pilot; RAF Fiskerton